Joachim Jäger – författare

The Neue Nationalgalerie, which was erected in 9 5– 8, is the only building by the architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in Germany from after the Second World War. With its steel roof over the glass-walled exhibition hall and its reduced design vocabulary, it is regarded as an icon of modernism and as the legacy of a visionary master builder. Following the restoration by the firm David Chipperfield Architects, the Neue Nationalgalerie is reopening with new glory in 2 2 . With numerous specialist texts and large-format photographs, the book focuses on the architecture of the museum in three thematic groups: the historical building, the fundamental restoration, and the renovated building. Detailed and large-format photographs heighten awareness of the unique architecture, which Mies van der Rohe designed down to the smallest detail.

Rosa Barba’s In a Perpetual Now offers a profound exploration of her conceptual practice, featuring contributions from distinguished writers. Edited by MAXXI (Rome), Gulbenkian (Lisbon), and Proyecto AMIL (Lima), the book functions as both a critical companion to Barba’s work and an artist’s book in its own right. Bringing together diverse voices it reflects on themes central to her art—time, memory, language, cinema, and the materiality of film.Across a range of written formats, registers and approaches, the volume maps the intellectual terrain surrounding and stimulating Barba’s performances, films and exhibitions, revealing the manifold narratives and speculative visions that drive her work. In a Perpetual Now stands as a substantial, critical, visionary and affirmative resource for scholars, artists, and readers interested in contemporary art, film, ecological transformation and storytelling.